JPS58126735A - Method and apparatus for molding and cooking outer skin of octopus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Octopus shells (sb l
Improving apparatus and method for forming and cooking lm).

Various types of cooking mechanisms for tuff hulls have been known and used for many years. Among the nine different devices adopted are:
US Patent Law, 60.3, /44. ) issue (Sa@n
t), Oko, 947.4! Kuge (Ford), 3 years old
．． It was disclosed in Ko6ri, Za No. 36 (Yeplm) and there is a friend. Each of these devices relates to a means for forming and cooking yakimochi so that the yakimochi can be used in preparing octopus and similar foods. However, each of these devices requires one loading
), or have inherent capacity limitations, or require excessive amounts of cooking oil, or cannot meet the high standards for product uniformity required by modern production. There are some drawbacks, either not or not. US! ! II Fraud Part 3, t
to, 04! No., spear 3.921, 1.3t 4I!
, Yaku No. 3,712.173, and lye, /! t
41. /! r3 (sti@kl@s) K The disclosed device relates to a device having a flexible belt, over which the belt is deformed by a mounted plunger, and the f9 plunger is The method of operation is to tighten the baked rice cakes (bell) K oppositely to form a packet in the belt. Both required intermittent belt movement when the fries were removed from the belt pocket, and intermittent movement was also present as the four cakes moved through the fryer.

An improvement on the concept of 8tI@kl@s % was that placing a secondary conveyor inside the fryer to carry the seventh conveyor through the fryer during fryer operations minimized intermittent motion than K. . This omitted intermittent exercise during that period. Another limitation of the 5ticles device is its dedication to the special size of the grilled mochi and the resulting octopus shell. This machine could not be interchangeably adapted to many different diameters of ovens without substantial redesign. These machines, as well as the nine machine sticks disclosed in U.S. Pat.
It was an unreasonably complex machine to operate, maintain and clean. Therefore, its adoption is, in most cases, 3 to 73 per minute, for example! Applications were limited to cases where low production of octopus rinds in the range of 100 to 100 ml was acceptable.

Product uniformity is the cornerstone of large-scale commercial production of octopus husk. This was difficult to achieve without the presence of several workers at a visual inspection station located at the discharge point of the octopus shell forming machine, thus resulting in high labor costs for the operation.

This, and the loss of Sflag's octopus skin from rejected product, had a negative impact on the overall economy of operation in prior art octopus skin forming machines.

The purpose of the present invention is to cook and form octopus shells that can be operated at high production speeds to produce improved quality octopus shells with minimal incomplete removal of the octopus shells. An object of the present invention is to provide an improved rounding device and the like.

Another object of the invention is to perform low production operations such as S~/
It is suitable for a wide range of designs, for use in both production speeds on the order of JO units/min and production speeds for high production tasks, e.g. :JrMf↓1 an improved device for cooking the rind of I.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for cooking octopus skin, in which a flat frying pan is formed into a U-shape around the circumference 9 of a superimposed plane coextensive with the path of movement. be.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the type described above, which is adaptable for forming octopus shells from various IK diameters of fried rice cakes.

Another object of the present invention is to form the octopus shell and cook the product to accommodate a high density of product in the mechanism when the product is fully charged, thereby achieving high efficiency in the use of cooking oil. The object of the present invention is to provide an improved device for the purpose of the present invention.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved apparatus for forming and cooking octopus casings that operates economically at high operating rates of cooking oil, thus reducing the amount of cooking oil absorbed by the product. The aim is to achieve a lower free fatty acid content in the oil, maintain high quality of the oil and give it a better product shelf life.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art after reading the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Briefly, the invention encompasses an apparatus for forming and cooking food that includes a frame having a vat thereon containing a cooking medium through which the food is to be cooked.

An endless conveyor is arranged on the frame to convey the food from the food forming place to the food discharge place through the cooking medium. The endless conveyor includes a plurality of forming elements, each of which has complementary concave and convex forming surfaces (casting table i
1), a convex shaped surface is disposed at the leading edge of each molding element so that when adjacent molding elements are placed in close relationship, the casting surfaces are spaced apart and the food product inserted between them is It is meant to be bound, shaped and transported through a culinary medium. The molding location is sheet-shaped food! means for dispensing food elements seven at a time, at the forming station where each food element is engaged by a convex surface of the forming element;
+1 carried into the downward curve for the enclosed space in the concave part of the preceding molded element and held therebetween during the cooking operation. The food product is ejected when the forming elements are spaced apart and the food product is received by the support rock structure for removal from the device.

The method of the present invention is particularly useful for forming octopus shells from baked mochi by preparing a spaced matrix of baked mochi and moving it in a substantially flat plane.

Next, I accelerate the Yakinochi to the molding place without actually being able to enjoy its posture. Yakimochi V11 is decelerated to a substantially stationary state, where it is folded, and at the same time, in the folded state, it is moved out of a flat plane and in a curved path, causing electricity to flow into the cooking medium. , the food is cooked into a U-shaped extension and then removed.

The high-speed octopus skin frying pan 1o of the present invention is shown in the drawings, especially the spear/
Shown in the Figure and O-Co diagram, there is a loading conveyor 11, a pot or tray for supplying cooking oil 12, a food forming station 13, and nine endless conveyors 1.
4, and each endless conveyor is equipped with a number of complementary forming elements 16 for conveying the books 17 through the forming station 13 through the ladle 12 to the unloading station 18. It is understood that the aforementioned components are suitably arranged in the structural frame 19 t17. q endless conveyors 14, forming place 13, and unloading place Pfr1
Although 8 and 8 are illustrated here, the present invention may be used with a single line of such components or with several conveyors 14 coupled laterally together for conveying food through the cooking medium. Can be used with Although the cooking medium described here is cooking oil, in reality, it contradicts US Patent J, 94'7, No. 217 (published March 3, 2003, 7 A), and 167 is US Patent No. IS (/? 979
Other cooking media may be used in conjunction with the present invention, such as the cooking media disclosed in 2003, published September 7, 2013.

The roasted mochi transport loading conveyor 11 shown in Figures 3 and 7, Ikoko Figure, 81s Figure and Fang// Figure maintains the roasted rice cakes 17 in a column extending in the direction of movement as shown in Figure 11. 2nd place fWt t&! Endless half 41 (rir divine wire belt 21) with facilities for female operation. The shoulder 22 includes an array of staggered wire elements (as shown in Figure A.6) of the belt having a diameter of 5 to 51 inches (727~/3θ-), slightly less than It is recognized that various elliptical shapes and sizes can be taken in the production of twisted and twisted molds from the ideal diameter of the baked rice cake rL1 design. When the wire chest 220 is placed between the loading conveyor 11 and the wire chest 220, the loading conveyor 11 is placed between the wire chests 220.
- When the food is moved forward to the right as seen in the diagram, the baking mochi 17 will be held in place by the forming place and the gear train.

Food repositioning means 23 are shown in Figure 4-i1 which serve to swing the wire belt 21.

Its purpose is to adjust the shaft 25-) IK rotation ρT^oc which is driven by a single-speed variable-speed motor 26.
The wire belt 21 is caused to swing laterally through the action of the eccentric wheel 24. U-link 27 on eccentric wheel 24
is attached to a connecting rod 28 which extends below the upper path of the wire belt 21 towards the diaphragm 29;
The diaphragm 29 is displaced back and forth in the direction of the arrow 31, thereby imparting a rocking action to the wire pel 21, which may cause the wire pel 17 ('A- //as shown in phantom in the figure) into the space between the opposing shoulders 22 so that it is correctly positioned for reception by the food forming station 13.

Loading conveyor 11Vi, recessed wire bolt engaging tooth 33 along the length of shaft 32 f41f
It is driven from a shaft 32 that has been installed (Fig. 6, Figure 6).

The shaft 32 is driven from the shaft 34 of the food caterpillar conveyor 36 located in the food forming place 13 (Figs. 5 and 16). A running part passed around the shafts 38 and 39 is driven by the chain 37 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG.
4 is mounted in suitable bearings 41 fixed to a frame member 42.

Therefore, when the shaft 32 is driven by VC in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 16, it does not move from left to right as seen in Figs. 4-2 and 1-5. The conveyor 36 forms a regular L2 line and moves toward the acceleration conveyor 36.

The high-speed octopus husk fryer is constructed and arranged so that the conveyor belt 21 accommodates more than one row of fried rice cakes 17, with shoulders 22 other than the pair for defining a fried rice cake receiving channel. You will not understand what is possible. Or, on the other hand, the octopus rind fryer 10 can be designed and constructed to receive multiple rows of fried rice cakes 17, with a second row of fried rice cakes depicted here. This design is
It is noteworthy that it is adapted to form several rows of octopus shells simultaneously without the mechanical limitations associated with prior art machines. Book B@k,t When adopting either single-row or multi-row molding machine, the quality and advantages of this setup 81 are retained.

The pot 12 is essentially powered by a system comprising a heat exchanger 43 and a ring 44 driven by a motor 46.
...Koku 3~ Goo! ;oF(/3ma~ko/l; 'C)
at...Cooking oil maintained at cooking temperature fK 20
The pump 44 circulates the oil between the heat exchanger 43 and the pan 12 through suitable tubing 47 (Figure 1). In order to work with a minimum amount of cooking oil 20 and thereby achieve the benefits of a high turnover rate of cooking oil, which gives an improved and better quality of oil with a lower free fatty acid value, the pan 12 is contoured as shown in FIG. It includes a plurality of channels 48 surrounding the forming elements 16, through which the forming elements on the endless conveyor 14 are passed, one channel per conveyor system 14 as shown in Figure 3. The channels 48Fi are interconnected at each end to a header or manifold 49 (Fig. 17), so as to maintain a uniform flow of culinary fluid through each of the channels 48 in the octopus fryer IO. There is.

The two endless conveyors 14 shown can be similarly configured and, as previously described, one embodiment of the present invention can be implemented through the use of only one endless conveyor 14 at the location of the associated loading conveyor 11 and pan IX2. It is possible,
The forming station 13 would be similarly adapted to the number of nine conveyors 14 selected for use in a high speed octopus husk fryer.

In Figure 15, Figure 4 and Figure 1, endless conveyor 14
The shaft 51 includes a drive shaft 51 driven through a drive chain and streak rocket assembly 52 from a motor 53 coupled to a phase shifter 155, the shaft 51 being a one-loaf lock or similar mounted on a seven frame 19. (by a bearing 54). For conveying the forming elements 16 on the conveyor 14, the drive shaft 51 and idler shaft 56 (spear figure) at opposite ends of the unit 100 are each provided with one spaced drive faket 57 and one It cooperates with a non-electronic linear drive element, such as a roller chain 58 for each conveyor 14. The forming element 16 is pivotally connected to a pair of transverse rollers 1 and to one roller chain 758, and is attached to a pair of roller chains 58 by a 9-way chain 59 (see Figure 1).
(IFj diagram, Saij diagram, Saiwo diagram), each shaft 59 receives one transverse rod #p61 through an aligned circular hole 62 in the tongue 64 and the other transverse rod through an elongated slot 63. The elongated slot 63 is equipped to receive a pup having a collinear pair of tongues 64 with aligned openings 62 over the tongue of the primary sill 59. As can be seen from Figures 0-6 and 1, the sprocket 57 is a relatively small straight thread, e.g., -inch diameter. When the associated transverse rod 61 traverses the rocket 57' at the location of loading (1.all) or unloading (us 1oadiB), the forming element pivoting into the open position is moved outward from the axis of the rocket 57. Extends a considerable distance, e.g., f, inches (-/ri, mm), with a small diameter Sugerocket and a considerable "arm length"
This relationship between the forming elements 16 and 16 is such that the yakimochi is loaded between the successive forming elements 16 and the cooked yakimochi or octopus skin 170 is unloaded as shown in the figure. Provide an opening or "window" for access.

The molded elements 16 have the overall shape of a partially open, quiet shell and are suitably fastened individually to the seven associated media 59 by means of an i@ contact or the like. Each molded element is
A spear object 16m which is arranged directly and has a curved shaped surface 66 (oji figure), and a spear object 1 which has a concave shaped surface 67.
6b. The objects 16m and 16b are arranged as shown in Figure 9 and fixed together by welding.

The trailing edge of the spear object 16b17) is curved so that as the forming element 16 progresses through the forming operation as shown in FIG.
In Figure 171, the round hole 62 and the slot 63 are curved to give a window.
When the carriers 59 of successive elements 6 are arranged such that the carriers 59 of successive elements 6 are arranged in such a way that the concave-shaped surface 67 on the front carrier and the convex-shaped surface 67 on the rear or next carrier This space at the threshold of the molding surfaces 86, 67 opposite to which the molding element 16 is shaped so that there is a food-enclosing space provided between the The space between the opposing molding surfaces, which helps to hold it in the folded state as it is carried through the oil 20, is slightly wider (than the thickness of the baking cake), and the molding surfaces are
Due to the buoyancy of the food in the cooking oil 20 and the rounding of the good surface contact, the shaped surface is such that there is minimal tendency for the food to slide out of the slot or space. Multiple through holes 69〃ζ molding #bulk 1
8m, 16+, which allows cooking oil to approach the food, and also allows water vapor to escape from the food during the cooking process, making it very dry. This facilitates the rapid escape of water vapor and minimizes water vapor blockage and therefore blistering of the food.

Track means 70 are provided on the fried crust fryer lO to maintain the successive forming elements 16 in a nested or closed relationship by constraining the movement of the roller chain 58, 59 is connected to the roller chain 58 via a transverse rod 61 in a manner that is most commonly connected to both the front and rear ends. More specifically, the nine track means provided for each of the sets of a-ra chains 58 are nine pairs of vertically spaced bars 71 defining guide slots 72 therebetween; The links 58 of the roller chain move from the forming station 13 to the unloading station 1.
8 into the guide slot 72. Suge Rocket 5
7 (Picture 6 and Figure 1) is the roller chain and carrier 59
When the cooler drive chain 58 is freed from the guide slot 72, such as when traversed by When reaching the point of contact with the kerato 5, the frontmost forming element accelerates. At this moment, the front middle carrier 59 and its elements move away from the rear carrier 59 and its elements, thus causing unloading. At location 18, a 4 m long, now octopus skin 170 (Fig. 13) is exposed on the convex shaped surface 66. Elongated holes or slots 63 in the dP hole 59 have short spacing between transverse ronds. This is made possible and adapted to the movement of carriers on the striped rockets 5 at each end of the conveyor 14.

At this time, considering an evacuation or unloading location as shown in FIG. It will be done.

For this purpose, each individual unloading location has
An array 74 is arranged which is powered by bristles or finger-like elements 78 mounted on the frame 19, each unit 74 being driven by an electric motor or The octopus 170 is moved forward so that one shell can be received on the fixed 199 conveying member 79 and removed onto the discharge conveyor 81 as shown in the figure. The bristle elements 74 provide sufficient frictional force to provide a firm but gentle downward bias.

Other implementation 1l14! At 1, a jet of compressed air (not shown) arranged at the unloading location can serve to actively disengage the recumbent octopus skin 170 from the convexly shaped surface 66. A pan 82 is provided at the drain or unloading station 18 and is adapted to return oil droplets falling from the outside 1170 of the octopus and the conveyor 14 to the cooking tray 12.

The dripping pan 82 is positioned directly below the food conveyor 14 so that even if the rind of Kutoe-yakimochi or mae falls off the conveyor 14 for any reason, it will not reach the forming element 16.
It also acts to ensure that it does not fall out of the nine surrounding spaces defined by.

A guide rod 86 positioned in the forming location 13 below the downward path of the conveyor 14 prevents the downward movement of the baked rice cakes that may for some reason protrude below the lower edge of the forming element 16. The installation of the rod 86 and pan 82 thus serves to limit the amount of cooking medium 2 from the food falling into the cooking oil.
This prevents the possibility of clogging or contaminating the 0. The buoyancy of the rice cake in the cooking oil helps to hold the molded rice cake between successive shaping elements.

The details of this molding place 13 are shown in the IFj diagram to the off diagram. Equipment is included to ensure that the parts 17 are transferred in a direct positive manner onto the food accelerating rollers 36, and for this purpose a pair of accelerating rolls 90 are provided, one for each conveyor 14. .91 is positioned on a round shaft 92, best shown in Figure S, placed over the terminal or folded portion of the loader conveyor 11. The upper and lower acceleration rolls 90 and 91 are
7 KmK apart to grab the center part and move it in a straight line onto the accelerating conveyor 36, which continues until finally the baking cake reaches 1111 +14 and is blocked by the round toothed fitting, i.e. stopped. , to maintain and transport the baked rice cake in accelerated motion. These project vertically upwardly from the sides of the accelerating conveyor chain or belt 94 and serve to position and maintain the fried rice cake 17 centered for subsequent operations, since the octopus's outer skin is asymmetrical. To prevent "long horns" in the octopus skin when the octopus skin is shaped so that one side is longer than the other.Acceleration rolls 90, 91 and food acceleration conveyor 3
6 is driven from the shaft 51 of the food forming conveyor 14 through a drive chain that passes over the suf'oket on the shaft 92 (Fig. 174); The food accelerating conveyor 36 is coupled to a flexible belt 94 of the food accelerating conveyor 36, which is driven from a shaft 92 through a drive chain 98 threaded through the lower portion of the truss frocket assembly 99, to an upper traverse. It passes through sheet 101 on shaft 102 and runs downward to lower transverse shaft 103 which supports sheet 104. As shown in the off view, the belt 94 is directly supported by the track 106, which precisely defines the plane of the belt 94 at the forming station. The transverse axes 102 and 103 are supported by a U-shaped sub-frame 107 fixed to a transverse member 108 forming a component of the framework 19 (Fig. 6), and the carrier 59 extends around the outer circumference of the Suge rocket 57 in a folded manner. As the molding element 16 and its associated medial element 16 advance downwardly across the guide shade or recess 11
1 are arranged at each food forming station 13 to receive therein a procession of forming elements and baked goods. At the folding point, the continuous shaped element 16 forms a
After the forming element shown in the lower part of the figure in Figure 1 which separates the leading edge to leading edge of the forming element 16 to an angular displacement of approximately 14 degrees as shown in both Figures There is a gap of about 30 degrees between the edge and the leading edge of the forming element, which is adapted to engage the baking cake. The time available for the baked rice cakes to reach the loading location in the form 111 is determined by the speed of the food conveyor 14 being 100 inches (!, OK -) /
every minute, 0. -13 seconds.

It has been found that it is desirable to restrain and control the movement of the baked rice cake in the F direction when the baked rice cake is forced downwardly and formed against the convex forming surface 61, and for this purpose , the guide chute or recess 111 is provided with restraining means comprising an alignment of bristles-like elements 116 arranged on each individual of the forming elements 16 moving directly below the bulge, the free ends of the bristles being They are spaced apart by a distance slightly less than their width.

Accordingly, the protrusion of the descending forming element causes the baking cake to move into the bristles 116 when the baking cake is moved into the concave shaped surface 67.
(Fig. 7), so that when the transverse rod 61 of the associated carrier enters the guide slot 72 with the chain 58, a continuous The molding elements are held together in the correct molding condition to form the octopus shell from the baked mochi. 4
11 The hair-like or brush-like elements 116 prevent the baking cake 17 from falling freely into the guide chute or recess 111 and therefore the convex part of the shaping element prevents it from falling freely into the guide chute or recess 111. Maintain control of the lowering of the rice cake as it is being forced toward. Spaced pairs of stationary rods 117 extend longitudinally along the top of the guide chute or recess 111 to establish a profile or guide surface for the lowering burner 17. The surface of the tip 117 is effective in releasing the baking cake from the accelerating belt almost simultaneously with the retention of the baking cake by the tip or leading portion of the forming element 16, which provides additional support for the downward movement of the baking cake. Give control.

In order to operate the high-speed octopus skin frying pan 10 and produce 100 finished octopus skins per minute (with the food conveyor 14), an operator first desires the body of oil 20 contained in the pan 12. For example, the operating temperature of 27j-112j'F (/J
! ? -, 1/K"C)f). The cooking time for fried rice cakes is about 30 seconds. In order to achieve the desired temperature of the oil 20, a heat exchanger 43, a pump 44 and a motor 46 are used to achieve the desired temperature of the oil 20.
energy is supplied to The main drive element 53 is driven in a circular motion to move the various conveyors of the unit 10, including a food conveyor which moves the carried elements 16 at -00 inches per minute (2,0 gm). 14
, a cooking conveyor 11 that moves at 600 inches per minute (lj, koIIta), a food acceleration conveyor 36, and an acceleration roll 91 that moves at a speed of 600 inches per minute (37,/臘). Fig. 16), wire belt 2
In order to stop an incorrectly positioned baking cake 17 between spaced shoulders 22 defining a channel on the baking cake 1 and conveying the baking cake in this channel towards the forming station 13, a baking cake repositioning transverse groove is provided. 23 is actuated to provide an overall parallel action to the conveyor belt 21.

A 3-inch (1 core) diameter burner 17 is placed about 6 inches (tS co, +
However, in this system, this spacing is not 1 inch, because the variation in the spacing between adjacent baking mochis 17 is 1 inch ( isco, 4I ■) f Russ minus 1 inch (Jj
, lIm), because the speed relationship between the acceleration conveyor 36 and the food conveyor 11 works harmoniously with the forming conveyor 14 in such a way that the speed of the food conveyor 11 is acceptable. To ensure that the food conveyor 11 receives the baked rice cake 17f from the baked rice cake forming device (not shown) which is properly timed for operation of the high speed octopus shell forming unit 10,
It is possible to drive the phase shift device 55. The speed of the accelerating rolls and accelerating conveyor 36 ensures that the baking cake is stopped at the forming station 13 when the forming elements approach the guide chute or recess 111 to begin the crust forming action. The gap between successive molding elements 16 at 13 (in the fit position) was mentioned above, but in terms of time this is about 0.215 seconds.

This gap allows a precise stop of the firing iron opposite the firing joint 93 to be carried downwardly in a curved path into the concave shaped surface 67 disposed below. The gap was found to be sufficient.

Once the continuous molding elements 16 are nested 9 (n@s
t@d)'" or "closed (slos@d)" relationship, when the endless pumper 14 traverses the oil-filled channel 48 in the pot 12, the drive chain 58
The transverse rod 61 is spaced apart from the slot 72 of the nine tracks 71.
As it is smoothly conveyed therein, the molding elements 16 are maintained in a relationship that tends to retain the mold. The track 71 is guided through a gentle curve downward through the cooking medium and then upwardly out of the cooking medium to the unloading location 18.
, in which case the slot 72 is directed toward the idler shaft 5
The transverse rod 61 of the advancing forming element 16 terminates immediately before the redirection rocket 57 mounted on the unloader 6 at location 18.
traverses the diverting sprocket 57, the forward-most element 16 moves away from the preceding molded element 16, which projects a fried octopus skin 170 resting on and supported on the convex molded surface or element 16m. Upon acceleration, the octopus shell 170 is held by a rotating brush 74 and on a guide rod 79 which serves to guide the octopus shell 170 onto a discharge or removal conveyor 81 for packaging, inspection, etc. If the outer skin 170 of the octopus does not fall by itself due to its own weight, the outer skin 17G of the octopus can be expelled. It is the empty forming element 16 that engages with another baking mochi to form it into a 7-lined and 9-metal shell.
Return to the molding place 13 on the top δ of the frame 19.

With this arrangement of the octopus skin fryer, each row runs 7 times per minute! ~/I
A number series forming conveyor 14 with each sound of the outer skin of O pieces.
may be compatible with one of the following. The multi-piece conveying system employed in the tar-shell fryer IO has no intermittent movements, in contrast to prior art systems, and this design allows low maintenance costs as well as a long useful life. A hood and hoist mechanism (not shown), well known in the prior art, will be supplied to the unit 10, by means of which the replacement of the belt 21, suitably circumscribed, will cause the molding element 16 to
This unit can be accommodated with an outer range of toasting diameters that are approximately 4 inches (octopus, 7 mm) smaller than the vertical dimension of the oven. Therefore, it is possible to accommodate baked rice cakes with a diameter of 1 inch. ) For the small diameter baking cake 17, use a suitable belt 21 and balance the system with the same K, J boulder inch <it, 9 to 1
0/4) can be accommodated within the small diameter of the food. This is in contrast to prior art octopus forming apparatuses which are generally limited to accommodating a single size of mochi.

Although the particular apparatus described herein may be more or less directed to embodiments for shaping and cooking octopus skins, the form may be adapted to other shapes to modify any suitable contour. It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to forming U-shaped articles. The embodiments described above are merely illustrative. Applicant does not claim to have invented all parts, elements, or features described. Numerous modifications in structure, materials, arrangement and operation are possible and still fall within the scope of the invention. The limits of the invention and the boundaries of patent logging are defined in the claims. Ill determined and defined by. The limited description and front page of the specific embodiments above do not point out what constitutes infringement of this patent, but do enable the reader to make and use the invention. It should become normal.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The main reason is a side view of the octopus shell forming and cooking apparatus of the present invention. Figure 1 is a plan view of the device shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction of line 3--3 of the off view. Figure 1-4I is an enlarged detail taken from the boxed area of Figure 3. The garden is a partially enlarged plan view taken in the direction of arrow j-3 in Figures 1-7. Figure 1'4 is a partial cross-sectional view taken in the direction of arrows 4-6 in Figure 13. The off view is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken in the direction of arrow 7-7 of the S view. tU is a partially enlarged plan view taken in the direction of arrow 1-1 of the diagram. The Ogh diagram is an end-face factor whose axis is taken in the -11 direction of the arrow 1 in the diagram. The drawing is an enlarged detail of the molding element or mold of the present invention. The ono-theta diagram is a plan view of the elements shown in the ono-theta diagram. FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged plan view taken in the direction of the arrow /l-// of fang/II. FIG. 111 is a partially enlarged plan view taken in the direction of arrows /C/C in FIG. 12. 10. Tomo... Octopus skin frying pan 11... Song Loading Conveyor 12...
...... Bat 13... Food forming place 14... Song m End: l y-(Y, Food conveyor 18... Song/Unloading place 16...・・・・・・
...Molding element 19...River...Frame 17...Yakimochi 21...Curved wire belt 36, concave food acceleration conveyor 38, 39, curve space ! Rocket 32.34...Curve...Axle 36, River Akira, Acceleration conveyor 51...Drive shaft 56...Curve...Idler female 58, concave roller chain, endless lI linear drive Element 59... Convex molding (casting) surface 67.
・・・・・・Concave molded (# structure) surface 74.78・
...... Bristle-like element FIG 7 , 1ε 4 10- e<,t, ,',' FIG 10

Claims (1)

Claims: l A method of forming and cooking a food product having a substantial portion of surface area on each side arranged substantially parallel to a flat plane, the method comprising: preparing a matrix and moving it parallel to said plane; accelerating the food products individually to a forming station without substantially changing the flat orientation of the food products; bringing the food products to a substantially stationary state; decelerating the product; forming the product from a flat shape to the desired shape and simultaneously moving it in the formed state away from said flat plane in a curved path; providing a cooking medium and moving it in the formed state; moving the food product into said medium; and removing the food product, 7 at a time, from the cooking medium along a curved path towards a flat plane; , a method for shaping and cooking food that is arranged substantially parallel to a flat plane. In an apparatus for shaping and cooking food: a frame; a means provided on the frame for accommodating a cooking medium through which the food to be cooked can pass; a guide for transporting the food through the cooking medium; Endless conveyor means provided on the frame; front! a food forming station on a 57 frame; means for transporting and positioning individual food pieces to said forming station; said conveyor means for moving between a closed nested position and an open position; , comprising a matrix of food forming elements mounted thereon, each element having mutually complementary convex and concave casting surfaces, the casting surfaces having adjacent forming elements arranged in a nested relationship. the casting surface is contoured to be spaced apart when the molding element is inserted therein so that the nine-tablet crystals are constrained and shaped and conveyed through the cooking medium; The molding element serves to move the food product from the nested position to the open position and thus serves to bias the food product towards the concave casting surface of the preceding molding element against the food product positioned in the molding location. including means adjacent said forming station that serves to provide a convex casting surface; means provided at said forming station that serves to limit movement of food product on the path toward a concave casting surface; means for cooperating with the conveyor means to maintain the forming elements in a nested relationship as the forming elements move through the cooking medium; unloading location means on the frame; means adjacent said unloading location means serving to move the forming elements individually from a nested position to an open position, thereby exposing the food product for removal; and removal from said apparatus. Apparatus for forming and cooking food products, comprising: support means provided at the unloading location, which serve to receive the food products from the forming elements for the purpose of receiving the food products from the forming elements. 3. In an apparatus for forming yakimochi into cooked octopus shells: a frame; comprising means for positioning the yakimochi next to a conveyor path of travel, which serves to maintain the yakimochi in an aligned column; a loading conveyor means provided on the frame; a food forming place on the frame and a food unloading place; from the loading conveyor means I! Acceleration conveyor means serving to individually transfer baked goods to a product forming station; A food forming conveyor comprising a conveyor drive shaft and a conveyor driven shaft; said loading conveyor means, said acceleration conveyor means and said food forming conveyor; power means useful for driving the food forming conveyor; said food forming conveyor including spaced pairs of spaced sprockets disposed at said food forming station and said food unloading station, said sprocket being connected to said drive shaft and said food unloading station; each associated with a driven shaft; spaced endless linear drive means threaded around said spaced apart sprockets; a plurality of tachos mounted on and projecting outwardly from said linear drive means; A skin forming element, each octopus skin forming element having complementary convex and concave casting surfaces, the casting surfaces forming and carrying the food product between which successive forming elements are nested. arranged such that the concavely shaped surface of the forward forming element receives the convexly formed surface of the next aft forming element when the linear drive means pivots the sprocket; The forming elements adjacent to the rocket are arranged in a straight line such that the forming elements reposition from a nested device to an open configuration to receive the fried rice cakes at the loading station and to discharge the octopus husks at the food unloading station. cooperating with spaced pairs of shaped drive means and sprockets; arranged on said frame, serving to accommodate a supply of cooking oil; a foot; and the food forming conveyor extends on a downward path through the cooking gutter for presenting the forming element and the food encased thereby into the cooking oil. A device for forming the outer shell of cooked octopus.